The news this week that Rogers Communications is buying all of the NHL hockey on Canadian TV for the next 12 years, Don Cherry’s name came up in all the fallout.

And on Saturday night, Cherry told Canada what he thinks about the massive $5.2-billion deal.

“Do I have to wait the whole Coach’s Corner to hear what you think?” asked Ron MacLean right off the top?

Yes, bellowed his Cherryness!

Finally, “So what do you think, Coach’s Corner next year?” said MacLean.

He began babbling about the massive money deal.

He said he has been with a Rogers radio station for 25 years (Grapeline is a syndicated short segment run in a Q&A format with Brian Williams).

“Rogers never bothered me. When I had Bobby Orr, I just let him alone,” said Cherry invoking Orr’s name for the umpteenth time.

He went on to say that Nadir Mohamed told him he used to watch Coach’s Corner.

Then he put out a challenge to his new bosses. “I know I am good, I know everybody watches. Take it easy, don’t try to to ruin it, just leave it alone.”

Other topics included George Parros, goalie interference, a Kevin Westgarth fight, Kevin Bieksa in a rage. “You can hit him with a hammer and he’ll never stop,” said Cherry adding he is “my type of guy.”

The 79-year-old Canadian icon, who made his mark as the irascible and outrageous star of Coach’s Corner on Saturday’s Hockey Night in Canada, was descended upon by reporters earlier this week wanting to know what he thinks about the deal.

“Do I have a job?” was his response as Cherry told reporters that he is in the dark about his future on the CBC pulpit.

Watch the segment in its entirety below:

Rogers Sportsnet will control all editorial content that appears on CBC as part of the deal. No longer will CBC executives have to deal with what the lovable old windbag says that is controversial, that job now shifts to Rogers.